Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy A Guide for Students and Practitioners

by Harper, David; Thompson, Andrew R.

• ISBN13: 9780470663738
• ISBN10: 0470663731
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book provides a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy arena. Chapters are written by leading researchers and the editors are experienced qualitative researchers, clinical trainers, and mental health practitioners Provides chapter-by-chapter guidance on conducting a qualitative study from across a range of approaches Offers guidance on how to review and appraise existing qualitative literature, how to choose the most appropriate method, and how to consider ethical issues Demonstrates how specific methods have been applied to questions in mental health research Uses examples drawn from recent research, including research with service users, in mental health practice and in psychotherapy

Author Biography

David Harper is Reader in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He is co-author of Deconstructing Psychopathology (1995) and Psychology & Mental Health:  From Disorder to Experience (2011). His research focuses on critical psychology and social constructionist approaches in mental health.

Andrew R. Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Director of Research Training, at the NHS Clinical Psychology Training Unit, University of Sheffield. He is also Clinical Health Psychologist at the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and a practitioner of Cognitive Analytic Therapy.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors

Acknowledgements

Getting Started

Introduction

Identifying and Synthesizing Qualitative Literature

Ethical Issues in Qualitative Mental Health Research

Participation and Service User Involvement

Qualitative Data Collection: Asking the Right Questions

Qualitative Methods for Studying Psychotherapy Change Processes

Choosing a Qualitative Research Method

Methods

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Mental Health and Psychotherapy Research

Existentialist-Informed Hermeneutic Phenomenology

Grounded Theory Methods for Mental Health Practitioners

Discourse Analysis

Narrative Psychology

Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis

Q Methodological Research in Mental Health and Psychotherapy

Thematic Analysis

Establishing Good Quality Qualitative Research in Mental Health

In Pursuit of Quality

Emerging Issues and Future Directions

Index.

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